Six connected stories span centuries, from a 19th-century Pacific journey to a future after the world ends, showing how lives change and choices echo through time, shaping destinies as civilizations rise and fall.
From a teenage runaway's psychic awakening in rural England to an epic, centuries-spanning war between immortal souls, Holly Sykes's life becomes the unexpected fulcrum of humanity's hidden destiny.
Every nine years, a hidden manor lures lonely souls into its reality-warping embrace, trapping them in a cycle of spiritual consumption by its immortal, parasitic residents.
In the English village of Black Swan Green, thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor experiences a year of Cold War worries, first loves, and his parents' crumbling marriage, all while secretly writing poetry about life and change.
Nine different lives across the globe, from a museum attendant to a Mongolian spirit, are subtly connected by a shared consciousness, showing the depth of human connection, creation, and destruction.
